Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan to construct underwater segment of TASIM

The construction works, according to the Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan Ali Abbasov, could start in 2015.

“The contract with Kazakhstan will be signed in the first half of the year, while the construction works will begin in the end of the year,” Abbasov said.

TASIM initiated in 2011 in Baku aims to extend the transnational fiber-optic backbone from Frankfurt to Hong Kong, two largest information exchange centers of Europe and Asia. The transit route will pass from China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey to Germany. In addition, it is planned to construct an alterative route passing through Russia, Ukraine and Poland.

According to the official website of the project, TASIM “will help create open information society in the region increase connectivity and develop e-services, thus, promoting industrial development, diversification of economy and competiveness”.